Amber Upright
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SteveNordP3
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Amber Upright
Have you downloaded this beauty yet? I absolutely love this upright!!! What do you think of it?
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Macsaint777
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Re: Amber Upright
Steve,
I played this exact sound for a church service today, and I am in love with it as well! Wonderfully full and hits you at just the right frequencies. Great upright sample for sure!
I played this exact sound for a church service today, and I am in love with it as well! Wonderfully full and hits you at just the right frequencies. Great upright sample for sure!
Re: Amber Upright
Yes, for me that new upright ist the best piano of all, even in mono, with a little eq. Thank you, Nord!
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Frantz
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Re: Amber Upright
Same here, I like this new piano very much.
I'm glad that Nord goes on working on new pianos samples, imho they are much better than the earlier ones, more details, more clarity, better balanced on low/mid/high frequencies across the keyboard.
I'm glad that Nord goes on working on new pianos samples, imho they are much better than the earlier ones, more details, more clarity, better balanced on low/mid/high frequencies across the keyboard.
http://displaychord.arfntz.fr
A mobile app to display chord names while you play, using midi / bluetooth connection.
A mobile app to display chord names while you play, using midi / bluetooth connection.
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Gambold
Re: Amber Upright
> imho they are much better than the earlier ones<
Well the samples are certainly bigger, and no-one seems to know why, given that that the features are identical. There was some guesswork on another thread where I brought this up, but it was speculation: Clavia has provided no reason that I know of for this almost 50% increase in file size over samples like the Black or the Queen.
I suggested that bigger samples encourage updating to newer Nords - and I was serious - I can't run this new stuff, it's all too big, unless I want Smalls with no resonance or pedal-down sampling. I know, those features may not matter in a group setting but they do when playing alone, which is most of my time on it...and more to the point, they are the reason we bought a Nord in the first place.
So hooray for the Amber if you have 100MB free to load its Large sample...or a Stage 3 on order...
Well the samples are certainly bigger, and no-one seems to know why, given that that the features are identical. There was some guesswork on another thread where I brought this up, but it was speculation: Clavia has provided no reason that I know of for this almost 50% increase in file size over samples like the Black or the Queen.
I suggested that bigger samples encourage updating to newer Nords - and I was serious - I can't run this new stuff, it's all too big, unless I want Smalls with no resonance or pedal-down sampling. I know, those features may not matter in a group setting but they do when playing alone, which is most of my time on it...and more to the point, they are the reason we bought a Nord in the first place.
So hooray for the Amber if you have 100MB free to load its Large sample...or a Stage 3 on order...
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Schulti
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Re: Amber Upright
? I think its for obvious reasons like more velocity layers and/or longer samples and/or higher bitrate...Gambold wrote:> imho they are much better than the earlier ones<
Well the samples are certainly bigger, and no-one seems to know why, given that that the features are identical. There was some guesswork on another thread where I brought this up, but it was speculation: Clavia has provided no reason that I know of for this almost 50% increase in file size over samples like the Black or the Queen.
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Gambold
Re: Amber Upright
>I think its for obvious reasons like more velocity layers and/or longer samples and/or higher bitrate.<
Ok, you clearly know something that I don't - I'd be interested where you got that information, or if it's just your educated guess. If it's the latter, with all respect it doesn't address the lack of information from Clavia on why samples are so much larger now.
I do have a beef about it. To wit: New samples are not "gifts from Nord." They are part of the board we purchase, a key selling point, and a large reason we spend the premium price for their machines. Now last time I said this, board elders like Pablo Mastodon came screaming in like I was spray-painting dirty pictures on a church wall, but I'm going to say it again anyway - regular new samples from Nord are an expected part of the product I bought from them. They are not Christmas presents or generous freebies from the kind souls at Clavia.
Imagine if they stopped releasing them or started charging for them, without adjusting their pricing. They won't, because a steady stream of *new* piano samples is part of what you buy when you buy a Nord. Sometimes we have to wait for them longer than we'd like, but we know they are coming eventually.
SO - when they start releasing samples that my keyboard doesn't have the room to contain, without removing a large chunk of the ones I already have, it rankles a bit. Especially when Stage 3 players with their 2GB of piano space are going to happily load them in like so many beer cans into a cooler. That's why I'd like an explanation from Clavia on why this is happening - because until I get one, I can't help but assume it's to move people like me into new keyboards.
Ok, you clearly know something that I don't - I'd be interested where you got that information, or if it's just your educated guess. If it's the latter, with all respect it doesn't address the lack of information from Clavia on why samples are so much larger now.
I do have a beef about it. To wit: New samples are not "gifts from Nord." They are part of the board we purchase, a key selling point, and a large reason we spend the premium price for their machines. Now last time I said this, board elders like Pablo Mastodon came screaming in like I was spray-painting dirty pictures on a church wall, but I'm going to say it again anyway - regular new samples from Nord are an expected part of the product I bought from them. They are not Christmas presents or generous freebies from the kind souls at Clavia.
Imagine if they stopped releasing them or started charging for them, without adjusting their pricing. They won't, because a steady stream of *new* piano samples is part of what you buy when you buy a Nord. Sometimes we have to wait for them longer than we'd like, but we know they are coming eventually.
SO - when they start releasing samples that my keyboard doesn't have the room to contain, without removing a large chunk of the ones I already have, it rankles a bit. Especially when Stage 3 players with their 2GB of piano space are going to happily load them in like so many beer cans into a cooler. That's why I'd like an explanation from Clavia on why this is happening - because until I get one, I can't help but assume it's to move people like me into new keyboards.
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criss
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Re: Amber Upright
I would like to know why do you like Amber over the Grand Upright.
Amber is only a little bigger (100 Mb vs 86 Mb on the L. version)
Amber is only a little bigger (100 Mb vs 86 Mb on the L. version)
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Re: Amber Upright
I don't see the beef. If you don't have space or don't like it better than another, don't use it. You knew the memory spec of the stage 2 when you bought it. Creating the sample made Nord zero money. I can't see why it's anything but a plus for Nord buyers stage 2 or 3.